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"Kaisa hai mera puttar, theek hai na" shehnaaz's father took her in his embrace. It was just three days that she was away from her family but he got so emotional.

"Papa i am totally fine. Aap kaise ho" shehnaaz hugged her father tightly.

She had just reached Mumbai. She avoided talking to Arjun all the way. She knew he would definitely ask her questions of which she had no answer. She pretended to sleep all the way just to avoid any talk about sidharth.

"Mai bhi theek hoon puttar. Arjun ne bataya u got stuck there because of some road blockage?" asked Rajbir concerned.

"Hanji papa lekin thankfully wahan ek sarai mil gyi thi paas mai hi so i took a shelter there for a night. Don't worry it was all safe" shehnaaz hugged her father again. The incident of that night was still fresh in her mind. She did not want to stress her father so she chose to keep quiet.

"Dadi kaise ho aap. I missed u so much" shehnaaz hugged her grandmother as she walked into the living room.

"Mera bacha aagya! Mai to bilkul theek hoon puttar, tu kaisi hai" her dadi caressed her hair.

"Sana bache tera shoot khatam hogya? It was supposed to take 4,5 days atleast. Wasn't it?" asked her father a little confused.

"Papa vo kuchh changes kiye hain shoot mai to baaki shooting yahan Mumbai mai hi hogi" said shehnaaz softly. She hated lying to her father but she couldn't tell him the truth.

Talking to them a little she moved towards her room.

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Freshening up she came out of the washroom in her comfy clothes. Dialing his number she set on the bed. He had told her to call him whenever she reach home. How could she not comply? She knew he was concerned.

"Hello" his deep heavy voice made her took a long deep breath before speaking.

"I have reached safely" said shehnaaz softly.

"I know" replied sidharth calmly. His reply confused her. How did he know? She jyst called him now. How would he not know? He had the information of her every second till the time she didn't reach her home. He had sent Arjun with her that never meant that he himself won't be careful enough for her safety.

"Tumhe kaise pta. Maine to abhi bataya" she asked innocently.

"Tum jaan kar kya krogi?" asked sidharth. He wanted to talk to her more. Her voice had a soothing effect on him.

"Tum nhi bataoge haina?" she knew he won't tell her still she asked. Her condition was same as sidharth. She too wanted to talk to him more.

Her innocent question made the corner of his lips curve a little. Rubbing his hand on his face he controlled the little smile.

"Jab pta hai to puchha kyun?" his voice was a little playful this time which was so new of him talking to someone playfully.

"Because i wanted to know" said shehnaaz with a little pout while laying back on the bed. There was an urge growing inside both to keep talking to each other.

"Shehnaaz you......" shehnaaz heard a loud voice as sidharth was about to say something. She got scared listening the voice.

"Sidharth! Sidharth are you okay? Ye kya awaaz thi?" asked shehnaaz getting up from the bed. Her voice had extreme worry.

"I am fine shehnaaz. You take care" said sidharth in urgency. The call got disconnected before she could speak.

Closing her eyes she prayed to God for his safety. She couldn't think anything happening to him. The thought just filled her heart with worry.

He had become someone important to her. She cared for him. He really mattered to her.

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"Dadi kya kar rhe ho aap" shehnaaz entered in her dadi's room. Her dadi was sitting on the bed watching television.

"Aaja bache, T.V. lgaya tha thodi der.  Kamre mai baithe baithe bor ho rhi thi" said dadi pouting making shehnaaz chuckle on the cute antics of her dadi.

Getting into the duvet shehnaaz cuddled with dadi making her take shehnaaz into her embrace.

"Dadi aap se ek baat puchhni thi" asked shehnaaz keeping her head in her lap.

"Puchh na puttar, kya puchhna hai" asked dadi caressing her hair.

"Dadi umm...jab hume kisi ki har ek baat bhut effect kre to vo insaan humare liye kya hai"   "umm...i mean...chahe hum uss insaan k baare mai kuchh nhi jaante, phir bhi hume unse fark pde, unse baat krne ka man kre, unka paas hona achha lge" asked shehnaaz softly. She didn't know what exactly she wanted to know.

Dadi looked at her keenly. She could see the curiosity in her eyes to know what did all these feelings mean.

"Puttar pehli baat to agar hume kisi insaan ki har baat se fark padta hai to ye to ho ni nhi skta k hum use nhi jaante. Haina?" asked dadi smiling.

Shehnaaz nodded her head softly.

"To agar koi hume itna effect kar rha hai, hume unse baat krne ka man kre, unka humare paas hona achha lge to iska matlab vo humare liye bhut mayne rakhta hai" said dadi caressing her hair noticing her expressions.

"Mayne rakhta hai matlab dadi?" asked shehnaaz little confused.

"Matlab bache k vo insaan humare liye bhut khaas ban gya hai. Vo humari zindagi ka ek ahem hissa ban jata hai aur hume pta bhi nhi lgta" said dadi patting her head softly.

"Matlab dadi vo humare liye special hai" asked shehnaaz holding her dadi's one hand in hers. Her heart beats were started to increase realising where the talk could go.

"Tune hi bola na puttar k humara unse baat krne ka man krta hai, unka paas hona achha lgta hai to iska matlab hum uss insaan ko chahne lge hain" said dadi smiling.

Her grip on dadi's hand tightened as dadi's words processed in her mind. Her heart beats increased realising what did all these feelings mean.

Does it mean that sidharth had become that importance part of her life? Does it mean the feelings she had felt for sidharth meant he had become someone special to her?

"Shehnaaz" dadi's voice brought her back from her thoughts.

"Dadi mai thodi der mai aati hoon" getting up from the bed shehnaaz rushed out of the room. Dadi smiled thinking may be shehnaaz had got that one important person.

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Entering inside her room shehnaaz closed the door. Sitting on the bed she took her mobile and dialed his number.

Listening dadi's talk she had this sudden urge to talk to him. She just wanted to talk to him. She was still not sure what exactly those feelings were but she realised that he had made an important place in her heart.

"Shehnaaz" her body shivered the moment his voice reached her ears. She forgot to speak lost in his voice.

"Shehnaaz" sidharth said a little loud as he didn't get any response. He was busy at the moment but seeing her number he could not control himself for answering it.

"hmm... sidharth" her voice was extremely soft. She called his name with so much love that his heart skipped a beat. There was something different in her voice. He could feel that but didn't understand.

"Hm bolo" said sidharth calmly not knowing what to say.

"Vo tum theek ho?" asked shehnaaz innocently. She herself didn't know what to say. She just felt like talking to him and now she didn't know what to talk.

"Mai theek hoon shehnaaz, ab batao call kyun kiya" asked sidharth politely.

"Vo..m....umm..tum..." fumbled shehnaaz trying to talk about anything she could but nothing came in her mind.

"Shehnaaz" sidharth said a little questioning. He Somewhere understood that she had nothing to talk about. Then why did she call me? Did she feel the same urge to talk to him which he felt? The mere thought increased his heart beats.

"Tum....haan...tum vapis kab aaoge" she took a deep breath for getting something to talk.

"Tumne ye puchhne k liye call kiya?" he couldn't stop himself from asking her this question. Her calling him to talk to him, it felt so good.

"Han...nhi...i mean....." fumbled shehnaaz again. What would she say now? She had no answer.

"Shehnaaz, do you want to say something?" asked sidharth softly. He was talking to her leaving his work in between. He wanted to keep listening to her.

"Tumse baat krne ka man kiya" confessed shehnaaz closing her eyes tightly. She just couldn't control herself from accepting that she wanted to talk to him.

Her confession made his heart skip a beat. The realisation that she wanted to talk to him sent a soothing feeling inside him.

"Shehnaaz" his huskily dominant voice made her shiver. Her breaths got heavy sensing the authority in his voice.

Her simple confession made him claim his authority. A sudden urge to take her in his arms took over him. He wanted to go to her right at the moment.

"Sana puttar" her father called her from outside her room.

"Siddharth mujhe jana hai" she didn't want to disconnect the call but she couldn't avoid her father.

"Don't" said sidharth in urgency. He himself didn't realise when he said that. The word came out of his mouth in an instant even before he could realise.

Her talking about going made him feel an unknown restlessness. He felt he shouldn't let her go. It felt something wrong would happen the way she said that she had to go. He felt something wrong.

She could feel the restlessness in his voice. But she couldn't understand the reason behind. His restlessness made her restless too. She didn't want to go but she had to.

"Puttar andar hai tu" asked her father again knocking on the door.

"Hanji papa, abhi aayi" said shehnaaz instantly. She did not want to make her father wait standing outside the door.

"Sidharth i have to go" her voice was slow. She did not want to say what she said. He just heard but didn't say anything. Closing her eyes she took a deep breath and disconnected the call.

"Hanji papa" shehnaaz opened the door for her father.

"Bache mai soch rha tha maa k sath thoda time spent krte hain. Tu bhi ghar nhi thi. Aaj hum sab ghar pai hain to maa k paas baithte hain thodi der. Chalega bache tu bhi?" asked her father patting her head.

"Theek hai papa, vaise mai abhi dadi k paas se hi aayi thi lekin abhi aap bhi hoge to aur bhi achha lgega dadi ko" smiled Shehnaaz. No matter what happens in her life, she could never ignore her family.

"Aaja bache phir sath mai chlte hain" said her father happily.

"Papa aap chlo, dinner ka time bhi ho gya hai mai dinner room mai hi leke aati hoon. Dadi k knee pain ki wajah se phir problem hogi dadi ko zyadan chlne mai" said shehnaaz walking out of her room with her father. 

"Theek hai puttar, tu dinner le aa, mai maa k paas jata hoon tab tak" her father walked towards her dadi's room. Shehnaaz went towards the kitchen.

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Shehnaaz entered dadi's room with a trolley which had dinner placed in it.

"Chlo dadi, papa dinner time" said shehnaaz cheerfully taking the attention of both who were  watching t.v. keenly.

"Papa, dadi kya hogya aaj bda news dekh rhe ho" said shehnaaz placing the food plates on the bed.

"Aaja bache tu bhi, bas maa pehle hi t.v. lga k baithi thi to mai bhi dekhne lag gya sath mai" her father helped her in serving the food to them.

Sitting on the bed itself the three started having their dinner.

"Papa mai t.v. band kar rhi hoon. Khana khaate waqat news ni dekhni chahiye. Kitni negativity aati hai" shehnaaz took the remote. She could never eat her food while watching news.

The sharp voice of the anchor screaming on the t.v. screening took her attention as she heard something she couldn't believe.

"The sons of famous industrialists of Gujarat, Modis and Shahs have been found brutally beaten up in one of the local hospital of Kashmir."

"The condition of the eldest son of Modis has been told very critical." "The guy seems to be brutally beaten up without any mercy."

" The boys had gone on a trip among friends. They claimed to be beaten up by the well known goon of Mumbai, Sidharth Raichand."

"The victims were staying in a small inn on the way to Dal Lake, the reason being told of some road blockage because of land sliding."

"The owner of the inn denied the stay of any person named Sidharth Raichand in his inn."

"The Modis and Shahs want a strict investigation of the case."

"The local police has started the investigation."

" Sidharth Raichand is known to be one of the dangerous personalities of Mafia world even without any gang of his own. He is suspected to be involved in several murder cases but till now police couldn't get even a single proof against him."

Shehnaaz was frozen on her place. All she could see was the picture of sidharth flashing on the screen. The words of the anchor were ringing in her mind continuously.

She couldn't breath. The news felt a full stop on her entire life.

Her world stopped on that moment!!

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